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I am guessing the new Z77. I will need one PCI slot for the X-Fi.
Hmm some UEFI interfaces look hideous? 
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 01:32 Post subject: |
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Hmm LGA1155  Only dual channel support, WTF So I am going from my old build with tripple channel to dual channel?
LGA2011?
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 02:19 Post subject: |
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Leo, as you already own iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air you have discovered all the pleasures of hedonistic conformism. No wonder harsh reality of PC world confuses and shocks you now.
Therefore, I suggest you to simply buy a post PC device - an iMac.
http://www.apple.com/imac/
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 02:28 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 02:31 Post subject: |
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Seriously though, LGA2011 Ivy Bridge CPUs will be out only in Q42012. And not sure if they are worth it.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 05:39 Post subject: |
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I'd wait for post Ivy release (at least 1Q later) before starting to look into this further. It might not be as good as advertised to make upgrading a worthwhile investment.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 11:55 Post subject: |
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What do you mean? Now I have a i7 930, so it surely is better. Now, if you mean it might not be better than Sandy Bridge, I don't see how, as basically it is the same architecture but smaller die.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 12:16 Post subject: |
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2500k is still a winner, but if you want easy 5GHZ overclock get 2600k/2700k, 8 or 16gb of ram, whatever, doesn't cost a shit these days.
680 yes, you plan to buy one from KSP? They charge nearly 3000 shekel Only way to get a proper price is importing.
As for a motherboard, I'd say look at Asus first, then Gigabyte. Asrock, meh I don't like them nor MSI but you know what's good for ya. 
As for Gigabyte, from exploring and understanding their marketing you need to start off with the UD3 models and up. Usually the best UD3 which is UD3H, includes Virtu (not sure you want that) and then the UD4 models which should be more than sufficient for overclocking to 5GHZ. The UD5 and UD7 models are usually hideous and not sure you need those extra features they offer. However, I do think you should look at Asus first. There's a guide on how to select an Asus mobo somewhere over @ overclock.net. Pretty much sums up what models you should be looking at.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 12:19 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 12:31 Post subject: |
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I am looking currently at Z77 boards. The Z77X-UD5H seems nice.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 13:31 Post subject: |
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Ahhh they extended the H thing into the higher models as well. That means it has all display outputs and Virtu. No idea why they put blue heatsinks... the grey ones on the Z68 are so much better. The board looks nice other than that.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 13:34 Post subject: |
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Blue would go nice with the blue PCB of the GB 680GX OC. 
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 13:47 Post subject: |
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the quality of everything is worse with gigabyte, not just the fans, hell GL even understanding the manual.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 13:50 Post subject: |
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| fuckit wrote: | | the quality of everything is worse with gigabyte, not just the fans, hell GL even understanding the manual. |
I haven't upgraded my ASUS Rampage Extreme II in some 2 years, and I'm not disappointed with it.
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:34 Post subject: |
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I have an ASUS board (don't remember what the name is exactly, one of the premium x58) and not that I'm disappointed with it, just the lack of anything remarkable about it. Certainly not worth the price. For example, my old nForce 4 was much better for me.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:35 Post subject: |
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I've always loved my Asus boards, from nForce 1 right the way through to my current Asus P8Z68-V PRO.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:37 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | I have an ASUS board (don't remember what the name is exactly, one of the premium x58) and not that I'm disappointed with it, just the lack of anything remarkable about it. Certainly not worth the price. For example, my old nForce 4 was much better for me. |
http://www.benchx.com/web/?p=126
This is the one I was referring to.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:37 Post subject: |
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Eh forgot to say, my nF4 was EVGA.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:38 Post subject: |
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@Ron what CPU you have? 930? I also have a 1366 CPU and am getting tired of it. The SB/IB are really appealing to me.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:38 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | Eh forgot to say, my nF4 was EVGA. |
I've never had any EVGA boards, what were they like? I've always tended to stick with one or two specific manufacturers.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:40 Post subject: |
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| iNatan wrote: | | @Nhium what CPU you have? 930? I also have a 1366 CPU and am getting tired of it. The SB/IB are really appealing to me. |
I still have the 920 bloomfield stock @ 2.67Ghz OC@ 3.4 Ghz , never needed to upgrade, for most of my uses I never go pass 50% - 60% load, and that's only in high end applications, most of the time I never go past 5% - 10%
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:42 Post subject: |
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the only complaint about any asus motherboard i've ever had is that it used a particular intel chipset which meant you had to add 1 ram stick, boot it, let it post, shut it off, add 1 more, etc etc, until you had them all in for it to properly recognize them and honestly, that was on me for not being more informed before buying anyway.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:43 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | | I've never had any EVGA boards, what were they like? I've always tended to stick with one or two specific manufacturers. |
Quite good to be honest, I remember it much more fondly than the current ASUS.
| Werelds wrote: | | Better thermals, worse overclocking. Considering how cool SB already runs, that's not worth the premium, so 2500k remains best bang for buck |
Provide reading material please.
http://tbreak.com/tech/2012/04/intel-ivy-bridge-motherboard-roundup/6/
Here they have the 3770K running at 4.7GHz @ 1.30v which seems ~ similar to SB. |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:46 Post subject: |
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yeah that was a very very old/late-model asus board and honestly i think that chipset's current state doesn't require that.
honestly, even back then you could look at that as a good thing, it in effect kind of forces you to do the process of elimination test for a bad memory module before you need to.
i'm just saying, that's the only thing i could ever pick on an asus board for and that was like early 2000s.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Apr 2012 14:51 Post subject: |
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Forgive me my ignorance, but what exactly are SB/IB systems?
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